An extended drabble to serve as a jumping off point for those who might be interested in taking up my challenge titled The Taharah.

This is TOS/Movies (TWoK--TSFS)

UPDATE: I would like to acknowledge the work "Kaddish" by jat_sapphire as this deals with the same point (at the end of TWoK) and Kirk's actions to be the one to remove Spock's body from the warp core chamber. I had not read the story until now and it's lovely. I would like for the story to be expanded and to address all/most of what I described in my challenge, The Taharah.

A glimpse at the inside the minds of Kirk and Spock toward the end of TMP culminating in the scene between the two men, alone, after the movie ends - the one we never got to see.

This is a "thought-piece" (for lack of a better term) in 5 parts, alternating between Kirk and Spock. More than a poem or drabble, less than a vignette. Let the soundtrack from the movie guide you - especially the Decker/Ilia love theme...